Melissa Robbins

👩‍💻 i write code & wax poetic // telling personal stories on life, relationships, change, tech & reinvention via my substack below // former $FB $PINS

[Melissa Robbins @objctvlyMELROB]

i started a blog 🎉 now publishing fairly mediocre stories from my life and 15+ years in tech @ https://t.co/hkCBdT1lfX 📔 subscribe for weekly updates!

[Melissa Robbins @objctvlyMELROB]

Even more disappointing that @CapitalOne will not dispute the charge, even with the @Hertz reservation confirmation and receipt showing the coverage I was erroneously charged for. What happened to standing up for customers against unfair business practices and shady merchants?

[Melissa Robbins @objctvlyMELROB]

Will never rent a car from @Hertz again. Their Los Cabos MX location is scamming customers (with tons of reviews to show for it), and Hertz has done nothing about it. I was charged 5x my reservation amount for insurance coverage I declined, and they will not correct the charge.

[Melissa Robbins @objctvlyMELROB]

i'm in mexico city this week and contemplating a new relationship ❤️ writing on what it looks like to be #codependent, #independent, and #interdependent in relationships - do you know the difference? it's been a journey for me so read below to find out.

https://t.co/fnygqoktoe

[Melissa Robbins @objctvlyMELROB]

wrote about my journey of learning to turn inwards this week on the blog, especially when it comes to #dating and #relationships 💌 https://t.co/M2ItFcwYF0

[Melissa Robbins @objctvlyMELROB]

i've been thinking a lot about #pendulums lately - the continuous swing from one extreme to the next, never stopping to rest in the middle. are we meant to keep swinging? or are we meant to rest in the middle? read my thoughts in the latest post here👇
https://t.co/MTkovao3ca

[Melissa Robbins @objctvlyMELROB]

i have never been one to be super connected with my body 😬 #selfcare has always been a struggle for me and i wrote about it on the blog this week. check it out to learn more about why and what's been working for me these days ❤️
https://t.co/VXDQ1GTPZw

[Melissa Robbins @objctvlyMELROB]

for those who aren't into traditional romantic love, read here to find out why i celebrate my grandma on #valentinesday ❤️

https://t.co/jIZhc5o1A9

[Melissa Robbins @objctvlyMELROB]

on the blog this week: a peek into my college experience and the first time i truly abandoned myself. 📒 read it here & subscribe to the #substack for more stories on #tech #divorce #relationships #trauma etc https://t.co/LGpktkFZ4x

[Melissa Robbins @objctvlyMELROB]

i wrote about #boundaries this week on the blog and shared the unique flavor of parent/child dynamics i struggle to work through in my own life
https://t.co/h4JNiPTF0a

[Melissa Robbins @objctvlyMELROB]

wrote about #confidence this week inspired by a trip to the @TheParkerPS many years ago 🌴 hope you enjoy xo

https://t.co/nG7BdfSfbN

[Melissa Robbins @objctvlyMELROB]

Back home in Denver after a 4-week, 3800-mile solo road trip which inspired me to write this week's post on #community here ❤️

https://t.co/XhT47Sw4p1

[Melissa Robbins @objctvlyMELROB]

Writing on #storms this week on the blog as I continue to travel through treacherous weather and contemplations up the #california coast 🌊

https://t.co/ahyJ5DxKu4

[Melissa Robbins @objctvlyMELROB]

Reflecting on #avoidance this week as I wind my way through California on a road trip and talk about my undying love for #carmel 🌊

https://t.co/lOtD5o8ozc

[Melissa Robbins @objctvlyMELROB]

Reflecting on #home and what it even means as I navigate being back in the Bay Area for the holiday season 🏡https://t.co/g56mfSvUtK

[Melissa Robbins @objctvlyMELROB]

This week I wrote a post about risk 🎲 Check it out to learn more about risks I've taken in my own life, how I think about risk, and what I've learned by having a positive relationship to risk.

https://t.co/ZUd4qNtRYT

[Melissa Robbins @objctvlyMELROB]

preach @triketora 👏 so true

[Tracy Chou 🌻 @triketora]

had some people ask me how i got comfortable with leaving big tech to go into startups and i felt so old to have to tell them fb was like 500 people when i interned, pinterest 10 when i joined, but a good reminder that the startups of today are the big tech of tomorrow

[Melissa Robbins @objctvlyMELROB]

as a career-changer and the only woman on my engineering team, i feel so grateful and so inspired to be surrounded by female/nonbinary technologists at #GHC22 🤩👩‍💻 it is truly incredible - makes me feel like anything is possible.

[M. Redmond 🖤 @mx_redmond]

Posting this nugget from my manager so I'll remember it later: Heroic work doesn't scale. 😤

[Melissa Robbins @objctvlyMELROB]

i seriously can't believe sometimes that i get paid to code 💜